Hay and bundle loader.



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HAY AND BUNDLE LOADER.

' APPLICATIVON FILED SEPT. 19. 1915.

1368,1229 PatentedJune 4. 1918.

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HAY AND BUNDLE LOAIDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. \9. ms.

Patented June 4, 1918.

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HAY AND BUNDLE LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 19. 1916.

Patented J1111e4. 191a.

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MERRILL F. HUTCI-IINSONAND FRANCIS G. HUTGHINSON, F GLEARWATER, KANSAS.

HA AND BUNDLE LOADER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MERRILL F. Huron- INSON and FRANCIS G. HU'rcHINsoN, citizens of the United States, residingat Clearwater, in the county of Sedgwick, State of ansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay and Bundle Loaders; and we do hereby declarethe following tobe a full, clear, and exactdescrip tion of the invention such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it apper vtains to make and use thesame. i i I This invention relates to loading Ina:

chines, and has particular referenceto a ma chine for loading hay or bundled grain upon a wagon or other vehicle. 1 I

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiectivestructure for pickingup all kinds of hay from swaths or windrows, or to gather up shocks or bundles of grain and the like and depositing the gathered material in a wagon which is driven alongside of the machine. In connection with this object, it is contemplated to provide a machine whichmay be readily steered. into position together the hay or grain, and in which the several parts "are under ready control of the driver or operator. The machine comprises, generally, a

gathering fork and a suitable combination of conveyers which elevateand changethe position of the grain from the ground to loading height rapidly and efliciently.

With the above objects in view and. such other objects as may hereinafter appear our invention will nowbe fullyset forth and described, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings. I i

i In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view,

Fig. 2 is a side view, partly brokenaway for the sake of clearness, I

Fig. Sis a detail view ofgearing, 'I

Fig. 1 is a section on line H of Fig. 1,

Fig.5 is a section on line 5,5 of Fig.1, and i nected by a second transverse beam 3, and

arearwardly projecting tongue 1 spand the middle points of the transverse beams 2 and Specification of Letters Patent.

ends of the ings 16. in which are journaled the upper. rollers 17 of an endless conveyer18, whose. oppositeend is carried by The conveyor toothed or pronged slats20 of well known form. The conveyer 18 is driven by means of a gear 21 mounted upon the. axle 6 be- 1 tween the wheel 7 and sprocket 25 on the lower 26 being employed to connect the sprockets Fig. 6 is a detail showing of the manner of "ing, in suitable journals,

joined by an intertransverse endless conveyor 30. The conbeams l are shaped inthe bearings 5 in Patented June a, 1918. Application filed September 19, 1916. Serial 0. 121,007.

which is j ournaledthe axle 6, the latter be tween the 1 beams 1 carrying the traction wheels 7. Between the traction wheels 7, j

the axle 6 around which rmme 10 consistsof the forwardly tapered is provided with journals are secured the bearings 9 I of a vertically oscillatory frame 10. The

sides 11 and the transverse stringers "12% which are entered into recesses 13 formed it in the lower edges of the sides 11 at suitable points to carry the teeth 14. The forward tapered ends of the sides 11 and the teeth 14, which are suitably spaced between the latter and provide a pick-up for hay and j The upper rear ends of the sides 11 are contion by means b d r of the outwardlyfiared side oar s 1.).

T The upper rearwardly extended sides 11 are provided with bearnaledin the intermediate portions of the sides 11 directly behind the rear ends of the teeth 14 so that grain received by the latter Wlll be shoved upon the lower end of the.

thereby.

conveyer and carried upwardly I 18 carries the transverse grain either in windrows, cocks, or shocks.

aroller 19 jour-' the corresponding 1 side 11, the gear 21 meshing with a gear 22 I on astud shaft 23 fixed in the side 11. Also i mounted upon the stud shaft 23 is the sprocket wheel 24: which is geared to a Y roller 19, a chain 2& and 25. Thus, when the machine is in motion, the endless belt or conveyor 18. is constantly drlven. Upon the longitudinal beams 1 are formed or mounted the bases transverse stringers 28, the latter supportveyer 30 has one longitudinal edge located just below the delivery end of the endless to carry it directly across the machine.

the rollers 29 of a "27 which provide elevating supports for the i The axle of the forward roller 29 of the con veyer 30 is extended to receive in rigid relationgthe sprocket Wheel, 32, which is geared to a sprocket 33 mounted upon the shaft 34;, carried longitudinally out of the main frame and being journaled in the transverse beams insidef th'e beam 3, [and in liile with sprocket32sothat chain 35 may properly,

eaathem together. The forward endof theLshaftXS f carriesa beveled gear 36 which,

meshes vith a correspondingly formed gear 37 on ithe axle 6, provision beingi thereby mad for the constant driving of th e endless Mfunted i pon the stringers28 at the liver'jvend of theconveyer 304s a swinging 39 whose receiving end extended below the delivery end of the conveyer Thus, the "I; sidesf lO of the frame 38 are'xprovided with bearin elements 41 which vunderlie the dc livery enfd (if thefconveyer 30 and have our; nale'd," therein, the lower {roller {l2 v To one side .Iof the frame 38 is a secured the bearing bracltet dwhicli is journaled uponthe shaftt of theroller 29, at the discharge end of the endless conveyor 30 so as to swing upon the latter' fi jTh'ev oppositefside of the frame 38.

carries "the: bearing plate 4:4 which is journaleqlpupon the opposite, end of the shaft 2931a securingplate45 mounted upon the sideof the stringer 28 fitting over the pro extendsbeyond the bearing elemental, and has jsecured thereon the plniontl6 which meshes with a second pinion 47 mounted in a bracket 48; upon the; side .of the frame 38,

andin turn meshes with, the gear 49 fixed uponfthe shaft ofthe roller 29. Since the pivotal axis of the frame 38 is coincident:

I the conveyer 39. 5 5 i In; order to provide for the raising and loweringof the front end of thefframelO,

so as' to properly position the teeth 1 a hand lever 50 is mounted upon the rearwardlyvprojectlng end of the tongue' l, and

hasits lower ends connected by mcaiis of a comiecting rod 51 with onearm ofa bell' crank lever 52 mounted upon the lower side of the transverse beam 2. {The opposite arnrofthe bell crank lever 52is connected by means of a connecting rod 53 to a stud of themachiner 54- projected from the inner face'of the side 11 of the hetero, in such position that when the rod 51 is thrown forwardly by manipulation of the hand lever 50, the 'rear*- end of the frame 10 will be thrown clown- Secured to the frame SS and near the upperend ofthe conveyer 39 is a yokelv57 toil which isconnected thefcable 58. which ex.-, i

tends thenceto a ring-59 carried by an ovenhanging frame 6Q,;,Which brings g'the; end

of the cable "in-the position to, be secured to, l a post 61 mountedupon the forwardendofh the itongue 4 to whiclrit ginay be lashed;

Thus, a convenient means ofiadjusting-the i inclinationj'of the frame is provided, so that the outer end ofjthe latter mayjbexproperly."

s adjusted to deliver; the grain or hayinto the frame 38]which carries an endless conveyer,

wagon body which is being driven alongside In order to steer the machine, a steering is post 62 is journaled at the rearend of the tongue 4L and carries at its lower end the steering wheel 63,. a tiller (i libeing mounted a upon the; upper end oft-he steering post i62 so asto extend intowhandy;relation with kthe Fronrthe foregoing it is clear that we have; devised an improved and simplified form of grain ga.thering-ineclianism, and H since "it is constructed of comparativelyfew parts and of simpleumechanism, itscost of production need not advance aboveia com- I parativelylow figure." ject ng endof the shaftjof the roller 29and holding? the, bearing plate -14: in position, i The end of the shaft of the lower roller 421 WhatLWe claim ,is zfi p 1. A loadmg machine, comprlslng incombinatlon, aframe .work including apalrof longitudinal side beams, having forward promotions; an axleljourhaled on':itl1e ends of said projections, traction Wheels fixed on" said axle, a. frameswingingon said axleand extending forwardly iflOIlFl the main frame, a: r

set of-ralre:,:teeth mountedbetweenth sides of the swinging frame, aQ onveyer also conveyers. w; r i V 2. :Aloading machine, comprising incombination, a main frame: havinga pair of forwardly :extendihg elements; an axle ournaled in the for-Ward'extreinities-of said ele ments, tractlon wheels on said axle mounted between said elements, a frame journaled on said axle also between said elements, rake teeth and a conveyer associated therewith carried by said journaled frame said conveyer extending rearwardly over the axle, a transverse conveyer on the main frame, fed by the first mentioned conveyer, a laterally extending pivoted conveyer associated with said transverse conveyer, means for driving 10 all of said conveyers from said axle, and

means for raising and lowering said journaled frame and said pivoted oonveyei'.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

MERRILL F. HUTOHIN SON. FRANCIS G. HUTCHINSON.

Witnesses:

JESSE UHLER, DEL BERTRAND.

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